An English portrait miniature of a lady with a bonnet - image-1

Lot 916 Dα

An English portrait miniature of a lady with a bonnet

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 16:00 - Decorative Arts Furniture
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 504 € (incl. premium)

An English portrait miniature of a lady with a bonnet

Gouache on ivory. Inscribed "Grg. Chinney, Sackville St. 1793" on a note set into the back of the frame. Slightly faded. 7.9 x 5.9 cm. Original gilt copper capsule frame with a border of hairwork on the reverse.
George Chinnery, London, 1793.

Certificate

Marketing authorisation for ivory is available (DE-S-0499-23).

Provenance

Sotheby's London on 15th March 1982, lot 101.
Rhenish private collection.

Literature

For this artist see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, vol. I, p. 146 f.